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Subject[2.6 patch] i386: move SMP option above subarch selection
On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 07:30:17PM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
> > The SMP question comes after the subarch question, and it does therefore
> > make sense to let the SMP-only subarchs select SMP instead of depending
> > on it.
>
> No, it doesn't make sense. If the ordering is wrong, fix the ordering, but
> that's a silly reason to use select.

Patch below.

> bye, Roman

cu
Adrian


<-- snip -->


Since several subarchs depend on SMP, the SMP option should be above the
subarch selection.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

---

arch/i386/Kconfig | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm1-full/arch/i386/Kconfig.old 2006-04-07 17:04:26.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm1-full/arch/i386/Kconfig 2006-04-07 17:05:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -57,6 +57,35 @@

menu "Processor type and features"

+config SMP
+ bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
+ ---help---
+ This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
+ a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
+ you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
+
+ If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
+ machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
+ you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
+ singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
+ will run faster if you say N here.
+
+ Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
+ "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
+ architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
+ architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
+
+ People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
+ Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
+ Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
+
+ See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
+ <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
+ <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
+ <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
+
+ If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+
choice
prompt "Subarchitecture Type"
default X86_PC
@@ -188,35 +217,6 @@
depends on HPET_TIMER && RTC=y
default y

-config SMP
- bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
- ---help---
- This enables support for systems with more than one CPU. If you have
- a system with only one CPU, like most personal computers, say N. If
- you have a system with more than one CPU, say Y.
-
- If you say N here, the kernel will run on single and multiprocessor
- machines, but will use only one CPU of a multiprocessor machine. If
- you say Y here, the kernel will run on many, but not all,
- singleprocessor machines. On a singleprocessor machine, the kernel
- will run faster if you say N here.
-
- Note that if you say Y here and choose architecture "586" or
- "Pentium" under "Processor family", the kernel will not work on 486
- architectures. Similarly, multiprocessor kernels for the "PPro"
- architecture may not work on all Pentium based boards.
-
- People using multiprocessor machines who say Y here should also say
- Y to "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support", below. The "Advanced Power
- Management" code will be disabled if you say Y here.
-
- See also the <file:Documentation/smp.txt>,
- <file:Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt>,
- <file:Documentation/nmi_watchdog.txt> and the SMP-HOWTO available at
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
-
- If you don't know what to do here, say N.
-
config NR_CPUS
int "Maximum number of CPUs (2-255)"
range 2 255
-
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